When a mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the pre-adolescent children into a feral swarm of sadistic monsters, an unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives against the hideous pupils.

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When horror and comedy meet, it takes some great horror and some hilarious comedy to make things work. Thankfully, this occurs in the hysterical “Cooties”, making its Canadian premiere at the 2015 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival. The fact that Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson star in this movie makes it all the [...]

Have you guys been following Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s Cooties? If not, I suggest you change that right now. The film looks set to be a tone of fun, so if you need convincing, head on down below for the first red band clip from the film for all the mayhem! From the minds of Leigh [...]

The idea of zombie children seems like the kind of premise that would’ve been done ages ago, but somehow we haven’t really seen a full fledged movie about the subject. Well now we’re about to get one and it looks like it could be pretty damn funny. “Cooties” stars Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, [...]

Yes, genius title. Surely no one will use those words in a similar way! Oh, wait, damn it! Well, I’m not going to rewrite it now, that would require effort on my part. As the Sundance Film Festival draws on people begin to anxiously await the answer to two questions: which films will receive critical [...]

A new poster for the film “Cooties” has arrived in the lead up to it’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and it’s a real retro treat. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought this was the poster to some obscure early 80’s horror film. Check it out below. The film is [...]

In an earlier post we told you that Sundance had announced its “Park City at Midnight” lineup which plays host to a multitude of horror films. You can view the complete list here. Among them is a new film starring Elijah Wood called “Cooties” and we have our first look at the film down below. [...]

Another horror comedy is on the horizon from SpectreVision and Glacier Films written by Leigh Whannell (Insidious, Saw) and Glee co-creator Ian Brennan. It was recently announced that Elijah Wood was going to star and now we have a couple additional cast members joining the ranks. Wood is playing a substitute teacher leading a ragtag band of educators [...]

Synchronicity Entertainment is the new genre film production and international sales label launched by Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s The Solution Entertainment Group. The other two features are the thriller DUE PROCESS, starring Golden Globe nominee John Cusack, and the completed psychological thriller SMILEY. Starring Elijah Wood (pictured above; Maniac, The Hobbit), COOTIES is produced [...]

Writer/actor Leigh Whannell has conjured up some money making films, the Saw franchise has become the highest grossing and with Insidious currently do very well in the box-office racking in around $13 million in its opening weekend from a film that was made from a reported $1.5 million. So what could Whannell have up his [...]